Treaty of Lisbon/Article 1 - Treaty on European Union/Article 18

36) Article 18 shall be amended as follows:

(a) paragraphs 1 to 4 shall be deleted; (b) in paragraph 5, which shall not be numbered, the words "whenever it deems it necessary," shall be replaced by "on a proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy" and the following sentence shall be added at the end: "The special representative shall carry out his or her mandate under the authority of the High Representative.".